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June 7 2020 Vol. IX • No. 12
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Timberlake Tackles Will Rogers Airport Job
N.D. Company Gets $1.3B to Build Part of Wall...8
Keystone Pipeline Project Begins Construction...12
Oklahoma City-based Timberlake Construction is serving as the general contractor on the $89 million project.
By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT Komatsu Is Now Feeding America Partner...38
Table of Contents..........4 Paving Section ......20-31 Air Compressors, Generators & Light Towers Section ......39-44 Auction Section ....53-59 Business Calendar ......56 Advertisers Index........58
Will Rogers, the Oklahomaborn actor, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist and social commentator for whom the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma
City is named, once said, “If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” John Day, senior project manager for the Oklahoma City Airport Trust, does just that. Acting as a
communications liaison, he ensures that the airport expansion project runs smoothly. Work Detail Oklahoma City-based Timberlake Construction is serving as the general contractor on the $89 million
project. Approximately 76% of the funds come from passenger facility charges; the rest from airport revenue bonds. Rather than set up a batch plant as they do for runway work, the Trust opted to haul in concrete to see ROGERS page 16
Study: Rural Roads, Bridges Have Significant Issues America’s rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth and improve traffic safety in the nation’s Heartland, but the United States faces a $211 billion backlog in funding for needed repairs and improvements to the rural transportation system — this is according to a new report just released by TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit. The report, Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland, evaluates the safety and condition of the nation’s
rural roads and bridges and finds that the nation’s rural transportation system is in need of immediate improvements to address deficient roads and bridges, high crash rates and inadequate connectivity and capacity. The importance of the rural transportation system as the backbone of the nation’s energy, food and fiber supply chain has been heightened during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation’s rural transportation challenges will require a significant increase in investment, but the tremendous decrease in
vehicle travel that has occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to reduce state transportation revenues by at least 30 percent — approximately $50 billion — over the next 18 months. The report finds that the nation’s rural roads and bridges have significant deficiencies. Thirteen percent of U.S. rural roads are rated in poor condition, while 21 percent are in mediocre condition. Sixteen percent of the nation’s rural roads are in fair condition and the see STUDY page 46